On Sun, 8 Apr 2007 18:15:28 +0200 "German Guillot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> For now KDE wins--it's dead easy to switch to Gnome (or, I suppose, > whatever other session is open), just ask it to switch. Whereas from > Gnome, from what I can see, you ask to switch user and you're taken to > the login screen, where you have to give your login information again, > and then click on "no, it's ok thanks, I don't want to log in again > I'll just return to the previous session). Takes longer and includes > several more steps. 1-0 for KDE, so far. Here is a general command line way to add desktops: If you go to one of the virtual terminals (ctrl-alt-fn from KDE or GNOME), the startx command can start a second desktop and associate it with f8. ~> startx gnome -- :3 This will start a new GNOME session. When teaching my Linux course, I generally have both KDE and GNOME running so I can easily show the students. -- Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9
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